4.1% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Douglas
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost everyone in Douglas was born in Australia, creating a community with very few overseas-born residents. This is a place of deep local roots, where the vast majority of people trace their family history back to English and Australian origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.9% and 40.5% of the population. Other notable family roots include Irish at 13.5% and German at 12.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 87.8% of residents born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20782/douglas/topic/ancestry-heritage